University of Delaware Emergency Care Unit
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The University of Delaware Emergency Care Unit (UDECU) is a registered student organization at the University of Delaware
, which provides emergency medical services
to the University of Delaware campus. UDECU has approximately 50 members, all of which are volunteers and students at the University of Delaware. UDECU operates one basic life support
ambulance
(UD-1), one first response car
(UD-2), and a bike team.
' Leo R. Schwartz Emergency Medical Service of the Year Award in 2002. In 2009, UDECU won first place in the National Collegiate EMS Foundation's EMS Skills Competition.
University of Delaware
The university is organized into seven colleges:* College of Agriculture and Natural Resources* College of Arts and Sciences* Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics* College of Earth, Ocean and Environment* College of Education and Human Development...
, which provides emergency medical services
Emergency medical services
Emergency medical services are a type of emergency service dedicated to providing out-of-hospital acute medical care and/or transport to definitive care, to patients with illnesses and injuries which the patient, or the medical practitioner, believes constitutes a medical emergency...
to the University of Delaware campus. UDECU has approximately 50 members, all of which are volunteers and students at the University of Delaware. UDECU operates one basic life support
Basic life support
Basic life support is the level of medical care which is used for patients with life-threatening illnesses or injuries until the patient can be given full medical care at a hospital. It can be provided by trained medical personnel, including emergency medical technicians, paramedics, and by...
ambulance
Ambulance
An ambulance is a vehicle for transportation of sick or injured people to, from or between places of treatment for an illness or injury, and in some instances will also provide out of hospital medical care to the patient...
(UD-1), one first response car
Fly-car
An ambulance emergency response vehicle is a vehicle operated by an emergency medical service to respond to medical emergencies either in addition to, or in place of, an ambulance capable of transporting patients....
(UD-2), and a bike team.
History
UDECU was founded in 1976 by Kevin J. O'Neill. The organization's first ambulance was a 1976 Chevrolet C20 van, which was retrofitted in the home driveway of the organization's faculty advisory, Jack Lynn. Today it operates a Horton 364 Type III ambulance.Awards
UDECU has received the National Collegiate EMS Foundation's Striving for Excellence award in 1999, 2002, 2005 and 2009 and the National Association of Emergency Medical TechniciansNational Association of Emergency Medical Technicians
The National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians ' is a national Emergency medical services professional association representing all EMTs and Paramedics....
' Leo R. Schwartz Emergency Medical Service of the Year Award in 2002. In 2009, UDECU won first place in the National Collegiate EMS Foundation's EMS Skills Competition.